Sheila Heard
I'm angry! And curious to explore courses to see how they affect my views. Life for so many of us has got worse in the last 10 years and not better. Is there hope ?!
Location London, UK
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It made me feel quite nauseous! The mass incarceration of fish, with no mention of quality of life. Akin to battery farming of chickens... Makes sense from a commercial point of view but not from an ethical one, in my view.
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Hello. I wish to check the things that I have been doing, to see if I can improve on how I do/choose those things. I'm also looking for new ideas, especially ones involving effective lobbying.
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The air pollution in Chinese cities, from coal, has to be seen to be believed. As a British person (married to a Chinese person), it is truly shocking to witness and so many lives must be blighted and lost by it not to mention the impact on climate change. I would say that is an absolute priority - to reduce the use of coal in China, for public health and...
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I would guess that in the UK wheat flour based foods make up a large part of many foods. Of course the cities and many towns are very multicultural and staples from around the world are quite easy to get.
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Hello. I'm in London, UK. I'm a careers adviser :)
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Great to approach IOT as an opportunity - rather than as an unwelcome tech threat! I'm really looking forward to learning a lot from this short course.
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Thank you. Great course.
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My intersections are embarrassing in some ways - a lot of advantage. Middle class, straight, white, able-bodied female. I suppose the layer that does affect me as a difficult one is the lonely childhood with distant parents, which left me with attachment and self- belief issues that I'm still dealing with. In my working life I have supported lots of other...
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Sheila Heard replied to Samira T
Thanks Samira. Must have been frustrating for your background to be discounted in that way rather than valued - and also to still feel that you had to put in twice as much effort Double whammy. The economic advantage you mention was maybe fortunate, but it must have been hard to not be 'seen' as who you are.
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Oh that's a huge question!!
Here are some brief thoughts:- At school. Carefully thought- through and facilitated opportunities to discuss identity questions/experiences.
- At work - the same as above
- Government - regulating the equality of markets/Govt services through laws and also monitoring/fining.
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Hi Ayodele,
I'm so sad to read your post and ashamed at the way you have been made to feel for so long. I hope that this course will help us to all to feel better about ourselves and the harm that people should not be doing to each other. Every person is unique, special and with gifts to offer society and we should be celebrating that. I try to. I...
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I've gradually grown to understand how very important it is for us to each define ourselves to other people and to be curious and mindful and respectful of how other people chose to define themselves. Also, as a white, straight, middle-class female Brit I am acutely aware of my privilege in many ways. I try to act as an ally whenever I can, but often fail....
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Sheila Heard replied to Suneal Ram Kissun
Hi Stephen,
Mmmm - though how do others know how you define yourself unless you let them know?... I get what you mean though, I think ! - we ought to be automatically accepted as just ourselves! I define myself as, for example 'she/her' and ' White British', while my son defines himself as ' he/him' (and he's gay) and 'Mixed white British/Chinese...
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A passion for the subject and then the patience to spend long hours on site doing repetitive, meticulous, microtasks...until something turns up! That must be an exciting moment.
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Thanks to everyone involved . Very helpful.
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Having a range of activities and connections definitely is helping me. I've been out for a walk with practically everyone I know locally now! and will keep doing that, to keep in touch with them face to face (safely) and to get out in the fresh air - we're lucky to have plenty of parks, countryside around my home. Work is also a good way to keep a routine...
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Great video on the difference and pros/cons of empathy and sympathy. As a careers guidance practitioner for many years, I've certainly found that most clients don't find it useful if I offer sympathy or examples of my own experience of something. I've learned to avoid doing that! Empathy - active listening and then empathetically reflecting back,...
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Active, genuine listening - and showing that I'm listening through my body language, reflections, summaries, questions. And empathy is really really important. I used to mistakenly think that information and advice were mostly at the top of people's list of what they wanted from me (I'm a career guidance practitioner), but actually, many people comment...
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I'm a career guidance practitioner, and feel I have quite good listening skills. It was a big part of my training and I didn't realise, before my course, just how important listening is, when someone is in need of support. Also empathy and not jumping in to try to fix something is something that I've realised is so helpful. Even when it feels like " I know...
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Thanks. It was good to read the reminder that it's not usually helpful to jump in with suggestions and advice. More helpful to listen and explore. But that if there is a hint that the person needs a referral in order to be sure they are safe/well, then to also provide signposting information.
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Wow! I had no idea that some of the films were so clear.
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Me neither !
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My grandmother used to tell me about her job as an evening black and white silent film pianist, in Birmingham, playing the scary music when the train was approaching the beautiful girl tied to the train tracks! I recall her describing it as a kind of joke, that the audience were in on and everyone enjoying the image-trickery. I guess that was around 1920's....
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This is so enjoyable and fascinating. Thanks! I hadn't really thought about or known much about the wide range of media that the Victorians enjoyed so that when film came in, it wasn't a surprise, in fact people expected that 3D film would be the norm. Greatly looking forward to the rest of the course.
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Thank you.
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I've completed a couple of great social impact measurement training courses with NEF. However, I do agree with Alan Clarke's comment here - that development of policy/projects also needs the input of other players, such as academics and 'the other side' on the political spectrum. I'm very interested in the idea of People's Assemblies, involving a wide range...
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Difficult topic to present objectively and thanks for doing that!
I was waiting for some content about the economic drivers of poverty/unemployment, exclusion, under-education that also drive some people to support right-wing politics. I hope that will be discussed soon.
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Thanks for this session, reminding us that ideology has deep roots in popular culture and doesn't come out of nowhere. Trump, for example, is able to re-interpret lived events such as black lives matter demonstrations to his followers and keep them viewing 'the others' as trouble makers, fake news makers, etc. and keep his followers voting for him and his...
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Fascinated since my 20's in extreme ideologies and their attempts to satisfy the human condition. I did a degree in Humanities in the 80's. Now semi-retired. I long for a political system which doesn't use propaganda to mislead. The politically driven cuts to UK public services over the past 10 years were presented as necessary difficult decisions. Brexit was...
